Joseph Lelyveld Dies: Former New York Times Executive Editor, Pulitzer Prize Winner Was 86
deadline.comJoseph Lelyveld, who won the 1986 Pulitzer Prize for nonfiction for his book, Move Your Shadow: South Africa, Black and White, and was a former executive editor and foreign correspondent for The New York Times, died on Friday at his Manhattan home.
He was 86 and succumbed to complications of Parkinson’s disease, according to Janny Scott, his partner of 19 years and a former Times reporter.
Lelyveld was reported from Washington, Congo, India, Hong Kong, Johannesburg and London during his long career. He served as the Times executive editor from 1994 to 2001, arguably the most powerful post in American journalism.
He oversaw a newspaper transitioning to the digital age, ushering in the New York Times website and the beginning of 24-hour news coverage.
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